The Role of Carer-Friendly Workplace Policies and Social Support in Relation to the Mental Health of Carer-Employees

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of carer-employees based on the observed data.

Variable	(%)	Std. Dev
Social economic variables
Age (M, SD)	44.18	14.62
Male	49.67	50.00
Immigrant	19.15	39.35
Urban	84.38	36.31
Income
<40 K per year	12.18	32.71
40–60 K	11.05	31.36
60–80 K	10.93	31.21
80–100 K	10.53	30.70
100 K+	55.31	49.72
Education
High school or below	32.44	46.82
Trades, college, CEGEP, etc	29.77	45.73
Bachelor’s degree or university diploma	26.77	44.28
University degree above BA	11.02	31.32
Occupation
Management	9.01	28.63
Business, sales, and services	38.78	48.73
Natural and applied sciences	8.28	27.55
Health	8.37	27.69
Education, social, and art	19.23	39.41
Transport, agriculture, and manufacture	16.34	36.98
Hours spent caregiving/week (M, SD)	10.29	21.38
Hours working at paid employment/week (M, SD)	35.25	13.82
Marital status
Married/Common-in-Law	65.0	47.7
Separated/Divorced/Widow/	8.1	27.3
Single	26.9	44.4
Mental health symptoms
Tired	42.35	49.42
Anxious	44.66	49.72
Overwhelmed	30.14	45.89
Isolated	15.68	36.36
Irritated	31.82	46.58
Depressed	17.71	38.18
Resentful	18.51	38.84
Appetite loss	8.94	28.54
Sleep loss	28.94	45.35
Other	3.65	18.77
Any symptom	56.72	49.55
CFWPs
Flexible schedule	29.88	45.78
Part-time option	23.04	42.11
Leave	61.35	48.70
Extended leave	58.60	49.26
Telework option	8.83	28.38
No negative effect	38.48	48.66
Social support
Help from family and friends	63.27	1.22
Help from community	12.38	0.85
Occasional relief or respite care	12.01	0.86
Financial help	18.63	1.04
WIs
Time off	66.16	47.32
Days off	62.90	48.31
Fired	0.79	8.86
Quit	1.48	12.06
Turned down offer	8.79	28.32
Less demanding job	7.37	26.14